Frein is accused of fatally shooting Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounding Trooper Alex Douglass in a late night ambush at the Blooming Grove Township state police barracks on Sept. 12.

Malkowski told 6abc that his unit was assigned to the grid of the search perimeter where Frein was spotted and that he spotted the homicide suspect by chance.

Malkowski described the arrest to Action News, saying:

"He turned towards me. I identified myself as law enforcement. I told him to get on the ground. He pronged out, he was about five feet away. I said, 'Who are you? What's your name?' He said 'Eric Frein.'"

Malkowski told Action News that Frein suffered the bruises and scrapes shown in his mugshot as he was secured on the hangar's asphalt runway.

Malkowski told the station:

"Sometimes when we take people in to custody, we have to take drastic measures, especially when he killed a fellow officer. We weren't messing around, we meant business."

This explanation differed from what state police Commissioner Frank Noonan said during the news conference after the capture.

Noonan described Frein as in good health, besides what he called a "scratch" on Frein's nose. The scratch, Noonan said, was already there when the marshals arrested Frein.

"He looked fairly healthy, healthier than I would've expected," Noonan said during the conference.

Frein identified himself, and the agents used handcuffs and a police cruiser that belonged to Dickson to take him into custody. Frein was taken to the Blooming Grove Township state police barracks and did not put up a fight, Noonan said following the capture.